<h1>Skill and AI education push creates national skilling centres, an AI education centre, expands IIT capacity and eases overseas education payments.</h1> The budget announces five National Centres of Excellence for skilling and a Centre of Excellence for AI in Education with dedicated funding to promote innovation and workforce readiness, expansion of IIT infrastructure to increase student capacity, augmentation of medical education seats, and research fellowships. Complementary measures include an expanded network of Atal Tinkering Labs, broadband connectivity for government schools, digital access to Indian language books, and a streamlined procedure for claiming tax collected at source on international education payments.